Born on August 11, 1948 at Elverton, WV, she was the daughter of the late, Gordon and Vianna Harrah Skaggs.
Shirley graduated in 1968 from Fayetteville High School. On July 15, 1967 she married Charles Baughan in Robson, WV. The life she and Charles started together living in Budingen, Germany spread to Ft. Hood, Texas and on to West Virginia, and Ohio. She loved going to church and was the most selfless, giving person anyone could have known. Her laugh was contagious, and her smile would melt your heart. She worked at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital for 28 years as a Respiratory Therapist and progressed her career into Physical Therapy.
Traveling made her happy to be alive, shopping, and spending as much time as she could with her grandchildren. She became an expert Chicago Police Detective via Hulu with 24 hour marathons of Chicago P.D. in her spare time.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Baughan and sister, Kathy Lynn Sherman.
Left to carry on her heroic legacy of making the world a better place are her children, Donna Baughan (Jon) of Wooster, OH, Johnny (Karen) Baughan of Shreve, OH, and Michelle Baughan (Scott) of Shreve, OH; three grandchildren, Tiffany (Dan), Logan, and Charlie; siblings: Sharon Sue Adkins of Beckley, Kenneth Robert Skaggs of Oak Hill; and Charles Everett Skaggs of Scarbro; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with Pastor Donald Floyd officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.
The family will receive friends from 6 pm to 8 pm on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at the funeral home.
Memorials in her honor may be sent to Go Red For Women at www.goredforwomen.org.
Due to Covid-19 guidelines for those wishing to attend services, everyone must wear a mask and practice social distancing.
Friends and family may sent words of comfort to the family at www.doddpaynehessfuneralhome.com.
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville, will be assisting the family.
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